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Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC)

2 May 2025 · National · Government & Public Sector

Data Breach HIGH ✓ Verified

What happened

National human rights body disclosed a public data breach after an internal database indexing configuration error accidentally exposed over 600 highly sensitive public case submissions and personal statements online between early April and May.

Incident details

Organisation

Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC)

Date

2 May 2025

Attack type

Data Breach

Severity

HIGH

Sector

Government & Public Sector

State

National

Records affected

600+ submissions

Threat actor

Human Error

Source

cyberdaily.au ↗

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